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CHAPTER I. 
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Departure from England.—Arrival at Sydney.—Voyage to Fiji.— 
The ‘John Wesley.—The Pitcairners at Norfolk Island.—First 
Glimpse of Fiji—Lakeba.—The Tonguese.—Visit to a Mission 
Station —First Botanical Excursion.— Hints to Collectors.—Native 
Church.—Bark-cloth Manufacture.—Tomb of a Chief. ee ee 
Life.—Departure from Lakeba , : . ‘ 1 
CHAPTER II. 
Island of Taviunii—The King of Cakaudrove.—Elephantiasis.— 
Kind Offer of Mr. Waterhouse and Captain Wilson.—Somosomo, 
its Advantages and Disadvantages—Queen Eleanor.—Ascent of 
Summit of Taviuni—A Royal Escort——Sylvan Scene.—Arrival at 
the Top.—Singular Swamp of Vegetable Turtle Fat.—Dinner.— 
Timidity of the Natives.—Chief Golea’s Return from a Military 
Expedition. Polygamy.—The Rotuma-Men.— Wairiki.— Arrival 
of the ‘ Paul Jones’. ‘ ‘ é ‘ ‘ : . 19 
CHAPTER III. 
“Fiji as a Cotton-growing Country.—Cotton not Indigenous but Na- 
turalized.—Native Names.—Number of Species.—Average Pro- 
duce of the Wild Cotton.—Excellence of Fijian Cotton acknow- 
ledged at Manchester.—Efforts of British Consul and Missionaries 
to extend its Cultivation.—The First Thousand Pounds of Cotton 
sent Home.—Establishment of a Plantation at Somosomo, Wakaya, 
and Nukumoto.—Prospects of Cotton-growing in Fiji. 48 
